KAR 055 (P369037)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | KAR 055 |
|---|---|
| ID | P369037 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08786 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
English translation
By Ebeling, Erich · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Incantation: O great lord, who in the pure heavens |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | sets up an awe-inspiring shrine, |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Golden crown of the heavens, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | Fit for kingship, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | O Shamash, shepherd of the people, princely deity, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | Who oversees the lands, the leader of the peoples, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | Who guides the refugee/fugitive to the right path, |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | O Shamash, judge of heaven and earth, |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | Who guides the Igigi aright, |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | Who offers incense(-offerings) to the great heavens, |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | I, Ashurbanipal, the son of his (personal) god, |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | Call out to you, O Shamash, in the midst of the pure heavens. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [. . .] I seek in your brilliant temple; |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | At the food(-offering) table of the great gods |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | I invoke your name. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | I libate [. . .] before you, |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | Learn [. . .] and guide me aright. |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | [That which (i.e., my sins) I have do]ne from my youth |
| Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919 | [To] my maturity, may it not catch up with me. |
| Obverse [19:20] o 2020–o 2020 | [May it be] a million miles (lit. 3600 'leagues') from my body. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [I], Ashurbanipal, you servant, |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [Who assidu]ously strives after the way of your great divinity, |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [A]s (pure as) your bright day, |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Make me pure, even me, |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | That I m[ay live; that I may be] whole, and |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | That with [my] mout[h I may] proclaim [your greatness], |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | And sing [your] prais[es]! |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | The wording of a lifted-hand prayer to Shamash. |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | EN₂ EN ra-bu-u ša₂ ina AN{e} KU₃-MEŠ | |
| 2 | BARAG ra-aš₂-bu ra-mu-u₂ | |
| 3 | a-gu-u ru-uš-šu-u ša AN{e} | |
| 4 | si-mat LUGAL{u-ti} | |
| 5 | {d}UTU SIPA ša₂ UN-MEŠ DINGIR mut-tal-lu | |
| 6 | ba-a-ri ma-a-ti mas-su-u te-ne-še-ti | |
| 7 | muš-ti-šir ur-hi mun-nar-bi | |
| 8 | {d}ša₂-maš DI.KUD AN{e} u KI{ti₃} | |
| 9 | muš-ti-še-ru {d}i-gi₄-[gi₄] | |
| 10 | na-din qut-ri-in-ni a-na ⸢DINGIR-MEŠ GAL⸣-MEŠ | |
| 11 | ana-ku {m}aš-šur-DU₃-A A DINGIR-šu₂ | |
| 12 | ⸢al⸣-si-⸢ka⸣ {d}UTU ina qe₂-reb ⸢AN{e} KU₃-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 13 | [x (x)] ina E₂-⸢ka nam⸣-ru aš₂-ti-ʾ-e-ma | |
| 14 | ina BANŠUR ma-ka-le-e AN-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ | |
| 15 | ⸢MU-ka⸣ az-kur | |
| 16 | [...] IGI-ka aq-qi | |
| 17 | [...] ⸢li⸣-mad-ma šu-ti-šir-an-ni | |
| 18 | [ša e-pu]-ša₂ ⸢iš⸣-tu₂ ṣi-hi-ri-ia | |
| 19 | [a-di] ⸢ra⸣-bi-ia a-a ⸢KUR⸣-an-ni ia-a-ti | |
| 20 | [li-is]-si ⸢IM⸣ 1(diš) KASKAL.GID₂ ina SU-⸢MU⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ana-ku] {⸢m⸣}aš-⸢šur-DU₃⸣-A IR₃-ka | |
| 2 | [muš-te]-ʾ-u al-ka-kat₃ DINGIR{ti}ka GAL{ti} | |
| 3 | [ki]-⸢ma⸣ U₄-ME-ka nam-ri | |
| 4 | ⸢ub⸣-bi-ba-⸢an-ni⸣ [ia]-a-ti | |
| 5 | ⸢lu⸣-ub-[luṭ lu-uš]-lim-ma | |
| 6 | ⸢i-na⸣ pi-[i-ia nar-bi-ka lu]-ša₂-pi | |
| 7 | ⸢da₃-li₂⸣-[li₂-ka] lud-lul | |
| 8 | KA-INIM-⸢MA ŠU-IL⸣-LA₂ {⸢d}UTU⸣ | |
| 13 | ša₂ DINGIR [...] | |
| 14 | ⸢ša₂⸣ DINGIR ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 15 | ⸢ša₂ DINGIR⸣ [...] | |
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- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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